Musicians and singers who died in February 2021

Richard Faith, 94, of Savoy died at 12:10 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 28, 2021) at home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Owens Funeral Home, 101 N. Elm St., Champaign.
… via news-gazette.com

Actress and singer Anna Castellanos, known as Anna Cast/Anna Kast, died at the age of 39 in St. Petersburg. The telegram channel “Mash on Moika” was the first to report her death, Sergei Aliev, an employee of her tattoo studio KastHome, confirmed this information on VKontakte
… via meduza.io

Ian North, who founded ’70s glam / power-pop band Milk N’ Cookies, has died after suffering a heart attack last week. He was 68
… via brooklynvegan.com

The musician had been transferred from the emergency room from Valledupar to Medellín last Tuesday, February 23, to receive medical treatment capable of coping with the consequences left by COVID-19.
… via elespectador.com

NYC house legend Angel Moraes has died.
Celebrated Brooklyn-born DJ and producer Angel Moraes passed away “abruptly” the 27th February, aged 55. The news was announced via the artist’s Facebook page. No cause of death has been announced.
… via djmag.com

Central figure of Italian progressive rock, a genre that established itself at the dawn of the 70s and still today an object of worship, Danilo Rustici, co-founder of Osanna, died at the age of 72
… via repubblica.it

Vocalist Robert “Bob” James, best known for his work with the band MONTROSE, has died from stomach ulcer complications. He was reportedly 68 years old.
… via blabbermouth.net

Former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Anura Senanayake has passed away this afternoon, his family sources confirmed.
Anura Senanayake had joined Sri Lanka Police in 1973 as a Sub Inspector. He was then promoted to the rank of Inspector 08 years later
… via adaderana.lk

Alicja Helman graduated in musicology at the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw, and began her research work with issues related to film music.
… via interia.pl

Sylvia Murphy
Sept. 24, 1931 — Feb. 24, 2021
As a girl, Sylvia Murphy would perform on a “stage” assembled from chairs. When she sang, each note lingered, seeming to glide through the air before reaching the ear
… via thestar.com

For decades he shaped Berlin’s musical life, as a member of the Berlin Philharmonic and as a soloist, and later as a professor at the University of the Arts… cellist and music teacher Wolfgang Boettcher has now died in Berlin at the age of 86.
… via tagesspiegel.de

Celebrated fiddler, mandolinist and Minnesota music legend Peter Ostroushko has died. He was 67.
His family told MPR News he had been admitted to intensive care over the weekend and died of heart and breathing issues on Wednesday.
… via mprnews.org

Noted Punjabi singer Sardool Sikander, who was being treated in Punjab’s Mohali, passed away on Wednesday. He was 60.
… via hindustantimes.com

The celebrated Serbian conductor, composer and arranger Vojislav Vojkan Borisavljević passed away at the age of 74. He will be remembered as the author of the hits “Odyssey”, “Love is just a word”, “And now goodbye” and music for the TV series “Gray Home” and “Hot Wind” and the movie “Barking at the Stars”.
… via rts.rs

Composer Ion Enache, Master Emeritus of Art, settled in Bucharest for several years, passed away at the age of 72, MOLDPRES reports.
… via publika.md

Sean Kennedy has died at the age of 35.
The Deez Nuts and former I Killed The Prom Queen bassist reportedly passed away on February 23, with members of the Australian metalcore scene paying their respects to the late musician.
… via kerrang.com

The Romanian-born Sergiu Natra died today.
A prolific composer in many forms, he was also an influential and much-loved teacher at Tel Aviv University.
… via slippedisc.com

The pianist Luz María Puente died this Tuesday at the age of 97, recognized for her great artistic career and as a trainer of outstanding generations of Mexican pianists.
… via contrareplica.mx

Paolo Castaldi, the composer and essayist died at 90. He embodied contemporaneity as a removal from dictates, dogmas and formulas
… via ilmanifesto.it

Today at the age of 76 after a long illness, the leading figure of the national stage, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Yalchin Rzazade has died, the performer’s inner circle said, Azerbaycan 24 reports with reference to Trend.
… via azerbaycan24.com

She died on February 21, in the city of Bogotá, at the age of 92.
She was born in 1928 in Palmira (Valle), in the home of Fernando Arboleda and Rosita Cadavid de Arboleda, together with her sisters Esmeralda, Pubenza, Fabiola, Violeta and Soffy
… via eltiempo.com

The singer, author, composer and poet Hélène Martin, who set to music the texts of famous poets and friends including Louis Aragon and Jean Giono, died Sunday February 21 at the age of 92 in Cordemais in Loire-Atlantique, has announced his entourage to AFP.
… via lefigaro.fr

Veteran highlife musician and producer, Christopher Ajilore, popularly known as Pa Chris Ajilo, is dead. He passed away today after a brief illness at the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Osun State, yesterday morning. He was 91.
… via guardian.ng

Serpil Barlas, one of the stars of Turkish pop music, passed away at the age of 64.
It was learned that Serpil Barlas, who left his mark on Turkish Pop Music for a while, died of heart failure due to rhythm disturbance in his heart after dinner at his home in Beşiktaş, at around 23:00 last night.
… via odatv4.com

Tributes have been paid following the death of renowned traditional musician Joe Burke at the age of 81.
A native of east Galway, Burke was a master accordion player who inspired generations of younger musicians.
… via rte.ie

Andrei Ionaș, the conductor of the “Ţara Vrancei” orchestra, passed away last night. “Bad and unbelievable” news, say those who knew him. The sad announcement was made on the Facebook page of the Folklore Ensemble “Vrancea Country”.
… via monitoruldevrancea.ro

Prayers were said at York Minster today for composer, former Minster School head master and Lay Canon Richard Shephard, after he died yesterday, aged 71.
… via yorkpress.co.uk

Gene Taylor, a boogie-woogie blues piano player and singer, who as a teenager in Los Angeles performed with such blues legends as Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker, and later as a longtime member of The Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, died Saturday (February 20, 2021).
… via bestclassicbands.com

Longtime Tabernacle Choir director Jerold Ottley, 86, passed away Friday morning, Feb. 19, 2021, after a lengthy COVID-19-related illness.
Ottley helmed the choir — now known as the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square — from 1972 to 1999.
… via thechurchnews.com

Luigi Albertelli, the famous lyricist from Tortona, author of a thousand songs and numerous television broadcasts and advertising campaigns, passed away this evening. His death occurred from complications following an accidental fall at home: he was 86 years old.
… via radiopnr.it

Well-known Serbian singer-songwriter Djordje Balasevic passed away today, after he was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Clinic three days ago due to pneumonia.
… via nezavisne.com

James Burke, a member of the classic Chicago soul group the Five Stairsteps died last Friday, February 19th. He was 70. Burke’s brother and bandmate, Dennis Burke, confirmed James’ death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was pneumonia
… via rollingstone.com

Singer-songwriter Philippe Chatel, creator of the famous musical tale Emilie Jolie, died in Paris at the age of 72, his family told AFP on Friday.
… via francetvinfo.fr

Soprano Singer Violeta Devlos Laura He died last Thursday at the age of 52, according to the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INPAL) and the Ministry of Culture.
… via theclevelandamerican.com

Miles Cooper Seaton, a founding member of the experimental rock band Akron/Family, has died. Dead Oceans, the label that released Akron/Family’s final albums, confirmed the news. His cause of death is currently unknown. He was 41.
… via pitchfork.com

Marc Ellington was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1945 and moved with his parents and younger brother Eric to the UK in 1967, allegedly so that the two boys wouldn’t run the risk of being drafted into the US Forces to serve in the Vietnam war.
… via grampianonline.co.uk

National Film Award-winning music director and renowned music composer Ali Hossain died in the early hours on Wednesday at a hospital in Boston in the United States.
… via newagebd.net

The Milanese singer-songwriter Andrea Lo Vecchio has died at the age of 79. Just in the afternoon, on Facebook, he had left a post visible to all in which he told his battle against Covid, saying he was sure of winning it.
… via teatroemusicanews.com

The guitarist, singer and composer Omar Moreno Palacios, a central figure in the southern folk song of Buenos Aires, died last night at the age of 82 and left an indelible mark on Argentine culture based on classics such as “Sencillito y de alpargatas” and “Huella sin impression. “, among many others.
… via tiempoar.com.ar

Martha Stewart, the actress and singer best known for her supporting turns opposite Joan Crawford in Daisy Kenyon and alongside Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place, has died. She was 98.
… via hollywoodreporter.com

Gene Texas Rock N Roll pioneer Gene Summers (born David Eugene Summers), passed away in Dallas on the evening of Feb 17th. The “Texas Rebel” with his sons Steven and Shawn
… via dallasnews.com

The legendary toaster U-Roy has died aged 78, a representative for Trojan Records has confirmed. No cause of death has been made public.
… via theguardian.com

The death of the famous soloist of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet Lyudmila Aleshina in social networks was reported by her colleague Lilia Sholomei: director of the theater, professor of the Academy of Music “G.Muzicescu”.
… via kp.md

Trailblazing Christian music artist Carman Licciardello, known to fans simply as Carman, has died.
… via cbn.com

A founding member of the Álvarez Piano Quartet, Werner performed as a soloist with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields as well as with conductors Rudolf Kempe and Sergiu Celibidache.
… via theviolinchannel.com

Atsutada Otaka (Odaka Atsutada = composer, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of the Arts) died of colon cancer at a hospital in Tokyo on the 16th, at the age of 76
… via sankei.com

Zimdancehall artist Soul Jah Love, real name Soul Musaka has died aged 31.
He died on Tuesday evening at Mbuya Dorcas Hospital in Harare where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
… via zimdaily.com

David Grammont, known under the name of Tonton David had been very successful with the song “Each his way”, in France, but also in Quebec in 1995. The piece had been used as soundtrack to the film “An Indian in the city” “.
… via tvanouvelles.ca

Lucien Gourong, 77, took his dinghy one last time and set sail for new horizons. The storyteller, the writer, the teller, ferryman of dreams and legends rooted in the depths of his island of Groix, has left the Breton cowshed for other skies
… via ouest-france.fr

Steuart Bedford, who conducted the world premiere and first recording of Benjamin Britten’s final opera, Death in Venice, in 1973, has died. He was 81.
… via gramophone.co.uk

Florence Birdwell, an inspiring voice teacher whose many students included the Tony Award-winning musical stars Kelli O’Hara and Kristin Chenoweth, died on Feb. 15 in Yukon, Okla. She was 96.
… via nytimes.com

The death of the French soprano Andréa Guiot was known today, who died last Monday, February 15, a victim of covid-19 at 93 years of age.
… via plateamagazine.com

According to the ILNA correspondent, Golnoosh Khaleghi (musician, composer and conductor), the son of Ruhollah Khaleghi, passed away on Sunday, February 17th. This news has been published by the official page of the Iranian Music Salon ceremony.
… via ilna.news

Mr. Lévesque, who was 92, died of COVID-19, his family confirmed Monday.
… via lapresse.ca

Luca Novac died on Monday morning at his home in Timisoara. He was 79 years old and very ill. Novac was and will remain one of the brand representatives of popular music in Banat, writes tion.ro.
… via aradon.ro

Johnny Pacheco, the co-founder of trailblazing salsa label Fania Records, has died aged 85. The cause was complications from pneumonia.
… via theguardian.com

Mohamed ag Itlal dies in Timiaouine in total anonymity.
He died yesterday, very early, on the morning of February 14, 2021
… via express-dz.com

Enrico Greppi known as Erriquez, musician, singer and founder of Bandabardò, died. He was 60 years old and had been ill for some time
… via ilpost.it

Louis Clark, a musician who conducted and arranged the orchestral music for the Electric Light Orchestra in the ’70s, and later brought classical music to the masses with the quirky Hooked on Classics series recorded with London’s Philharmonic Orchestra in the early ’80s, died Saturday (February 13, 2021) in Ohio.
… via bestclassicbands.com

Scottish singer and entertainer Sydney Devine has died in hospital, aged 81.
The star, whole sold more than 15 million albums during a career spanning seven decades, had been suffering from an undisclosed chest complaint.
… via bbc.com

Milford Graves, a pioneering jazz drummer most commonly associated with the free jazz movement, has passed away at age 79.
… via nme.com

Russ Thyret, one of the top executives during Warner Bros. Records’ golden age of the 1970s and 1980s, passed away early Friday after a long illness, Variety has learned
… via variety.com

Paolo Isotta, one of the most authoritative voices of Italian musicology, died this morning in Naples at his home in Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
… via repubblica.it

Antonis Kalogiannis, an artist who stood out for his unique voice, passed away at the age of 81. The news was made known through social media by his relatives, as reported by ERT.
… via lifo.gr

Born John Michael Burchell, best known for his recordings with Marianne Faithfull, Sweet Thursday, John Mayall and Mark-Almond. Mark, who received a Grammy in 2004, lived in Rotorua, New Zealand.
… via wikipedia.org

Bruce Berger, the acclaimed writer and poet and longtime Aspen local, died Wednesday from complications of lung disease, his literary executor announced last night.
“A devoted and accomplished pianist, Berger faithfully attended the Aspen Music Festival each summer and recounted the festival’s first 50 years in ‘Music in the Mountains.’
… via aspendailynews.com

Chick Corea– a legendary keyboardist who was a monster in the fusion realm and was a force of nature in all things jazz and improvisation died on February 9th at age 79 from cancer
… via glidemagazine.com

Richie Albright, who manned the drum kit for Waylon Jennings since the Sixties and was essential to the Outlaw country trailblazer’s signature rock-based sound, died suddenly Tuesday in Nashville. He was 81
… via rollingstone.com

The family of a former member of a popular 90’s R&B group, who was stabbed to death in southwest Houston, is pleading for the suspect to turn himself in.
Delores Floyd is facing what no parent should – having to bury her child. Her son, 46-year-old Cedrick Cotton, was killed in broad daylight at a place he went to often.
… via abc13.com

People’s Artist of Bashkortostan, Honored Artist of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Roza Akkuchukova died in Ufa at the age of 71
… via explica.co

Servando Cano Rodríguez, the founder of Mexican music powerhouse Serca Artistic Representatives, which would later expand to include indie regional Mexican music label Serca Music, died Monday (Feb 8) of a sudden heart attack, according to company representatives. He was 78.
… via explica.co

A beloved dialectic actor but also an appreciated musician, capable of enjoying considerable success, even from outside the territorial boundaries, between the 60’s and 70’s. Corrado Francia passed away at the age of 73.
… via ternitoday.it

Actress Jean Bayless starred in the role of Maria in the show in 1960, and also played the role of Mrs Cunningham in the soap opera Crossroads.
The 88-year-old died on Friday in Birmingham, after being diagnosed with bone cancer, her nephew Richard Johnson said.
… via bbc.co.uk

The reggae artist Abdoul Jabbar (real name Alpha Yaya Diallo) has just died the Sino-Guinean hospital, where he had been hospitalized for several weeks.
… via mosaiqueguinee.com

Ricardo Silva, interpreter of openings of Dragon Ball Z and other anime dies…
It is a day of mourning for the entertainment industry in Mexico. Ricardo Silva Elizondo, singer and Mexican dubbing actor, passed away. The interpreter passed away at 67 years of age after being hospitalized for coronavirus (COVID-19).
… via explica.co

COGIC Mourns The Loss of Dr. Douglas L. Miller,
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all that loved him. May his legacy live on.
… via laprovinciadicivitavecchia.it

Farewell to Isa Bellini. The condolences of the municipal administration in the words of Mayor Giulivi. “It is with immense sadness that we learned the news of the death of Isa Bellini, actress, singer and voice actress: a real institution in the Italian entertainment world, with a very long and brilliant career.
… via laprovinciadicivitavecchia.it

Some shockingly sad news to bring you from Hungary this afternoon, as AWS have confirmed their lead singer Örs Siklósi has passed away at the age of just 29. The band, who represented Hungary in Eurovision 2018 with “Viszlát nyár”, have confirmed that Örs was diagnosed with leukemia in June 2020 and passed away from the disease yesterday, February 5th.
… via escunited.com

The Posies issued the following statement:
“It is with a very heavy heart we acknowledge that the news circulating today is true. Matt Harris, bassist for the Posies from 2001 til 2014, has passed away. Matt lent his incredible skills, mischievous humor and abject sweetness to many Posies tours and his brilliant bass lines are captured on our albums “Every Kind of Light” (2005) and “Blood Candy” (2010)
… via noise11.com

Panamanian singer Jaime Murrell died this Thursday, February 4, in Miami, United States.
The singer-songwriter was recognized throughout the world for his successful Christian songs such as I ask for peace, I want more from you, In your presence or Here I am.
… via laprensa.hn

Nolan Porter, the acclaimed singer whose music rose to prominence as part of the UK’s northern soul movement in the 1970s, has died.
… via nme.com

We learn of the passing of Gil Saunders, best known as the decade-long lead singer of the legendary act Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Saunders died today (02-04-21) after long battles with M.S. and, more recently, lung cancer.
… via eurweb.com

Kris De Bruyne is considered one of Flanders’ most talented singer-songwriters. At the beginning of his career, he joined the cabaret movement with his Dutch songs.
… via vrt.be

Anne Feeney, a key part of the folk music movement and a committed political and labor activist, died Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Pa. from complications of Covid-19.
… via yahoo.com

Jim Weatherly, a former star quarterback at the University of Mississippi who moved to Nashville and authored megahits such as “Midnight Train to Georgia” in a prolific career as a singer-songwriter, died at his home Wednesday, Music Row mogul and family friend Charlie Monk told the Tennessean
… via tennessean.com

We are deeply saddened to announce that on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the solo emeritus of the Opera of the National Theater, Mrs. Libuše Domanínská, died in Hodonín.
She was born on July 4, 1924 in Brno-Králové Pole
… via narodni-divadlo.cz

Elephant 6 heroes Elf Power have sadly announced that the band’s former drummer Aaron Wegelin has died. While the exact details surrounding his death are unclear, Elf Power revealed the drummer’s passing late last night (February 2).
… via exclaim.ca

Georgian singer Temur Tsiklauri, known for his performances in ensembles and popular stages across the country, died in central Georgia’s city of Gori on Monday after a struggle with coronavirus.
The 75-year-old vocalist succumbed to “complications caused” by Covid, doctors at the Gori military hospital explained
… via agenda.ge

One of Malta’s most celebrated musicians, Cynthia Turner, 88, passed away on Monday, having contracted the COVID-19 virus.
… via timesofmalta.com